Opening
Ceremony Welcome Address:Ato
Tesfaye Biru, General Manager of ETC Opening Address:His Excellency Dr. Kassu
Illala, Minister of Infrastructure
9:00 – 9:30
Keynote
Addresses
9:30 – 11:15
1.
African Information Society Initiative,
Aida Opoku-Mensah, UNECA
9:30 – 9:45
Coffee
Break
09:45 - 10:15
2.
“Nokia’s Commitment for Mobile
Communication in Developing Countries”,
Lukas Krancke, Nokia Networks, East Africa
10:15 – 10:35
3. “Partnership
for Rural Telecom Development” Bonleitner
Gottfried, Siemens Corporation
10:35 – 10:55
4. “Ericsson
– Supporting Operators’ Competence Build-up
in Developing Countries”, Peter Devine,
Ericsson Education, Sweden
10:55 – 11:15
Session
I
Theme:
“ICT, Poverty Alleviation & Sustainable
Development” Chair:Dr. Ing. Hailu Ayele, Addis Ababa
University
1. "ICT in Ethiopia's Sustainable
Development Context", Jalal Abdel-Latif,
The World Bank office, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
2. "ICT Parks for Sustainable Development: Experiences
from India and Sweden." Dr. Fisseha Mekuria,
Graduate School of Telecommunications and Information
Technology (GSTIT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
3. Impact of Broadband and Wireless Technology on
Socio-Economical
Changes” A. Seesink, Sr. Consultant
Wireline Vertical, Cisco USA.
11:15 – 12:00
Discussion:
12:00 – 12:30
Lunch Break
12:30 – 13:30
Day-1
Afternoon Session
Session
II
Theme:“ICT Infrastructure,
Service Provision and ICT Entrepreneurship” Chair:Aida
Opoku-Mensah, UNECA
1. "Expander – Cost
Efficient Deployment of Mobile Networks to Address
New Geographical Areas", Bodil Josefsson,
Ericsson, Sweden.
2. “Ethiopic Keyboard Mapping and Predictive
Text Inputting Algorithm in a Wireless Environment”,
S. Abebe, S. Atnafu, S.K. Kassegn,
Addis Ababa University & University of California
at Irvine, USA.
3. “Converged Network, A Means To Accelerate
Network Service Provision.” D. Birhanu,
W. Kassa, USA.
4. "ICT in Education and
Development", Bobak Arezian, The
WorldBank, Washington DC
14:00 – 17:00
Coffee
Break:
15:00 – 15:30
5.
“Migration Paths to 3G: When and why for Developing
Countries?” A. Gashaw & F. Mekuria,
Ethiopian Telecom Corporation & GSTIT, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
6. “Mobile Telephony in Main-Land China,”
Mr. He Feng, ZTE-Corporation, China.
7. “Multi Service Broadband Wireless Network.
A solution to the quick Development Drive of Developing
Nations.” Kelemework Belai,
GDSS, CA, USA.
8. “National Meteorological
Services Agency: ICT Need and Application for Meteorological
Services,” Dula Shanko & Dr. Abebe
Yeshanew, National Meteorological Services
Agency, A.A., Ethiopia.
